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RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It h Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, Consisting of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, Lye., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m , and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m, Private Rooms for large or small parties. By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The 'Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. THE ORIGINAL ROYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCE, for Roast Meat, Hashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, Soups, Pish, Game, &e. Prepared only by the proprietors, Trios. BUCK and Co., 10, Bath-pi Dalston, London, N.E. THE DUTCH TRAMWAY COMPANY (Limited). gegistered under the Companies Act, 1862, with limited liability. Capital £50,000, in 0,000 shares of £lO each. DeF:sit on application er share, and £2 on allotment. DIRECTORS. Ch airman—John Chynoweth, Esq., Holland Park, Notting hill N. D. Goldsmid Esq., Director Hague Gas Works Company, The Hague. J ames P. Gregory, Esq., Director Hague Gas Works Com pany, Urusse's. P. J. Landry, Esq., Banker. The Hague. J. Van Lennep, Esq., Chairman Amsterdam Water Work Company, Amsterdam. Alexander Macdonald, Esq., 24, Jermvn-street, St. James's, Cornelius W.slford, Esq., Little Park, End James White, Esq., Upton Park, Slough. ENGINEERS. Messrs. Street and Marmont, 4, Parliamont.st., Westminster. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hughes, Masterman, ant Hughes, 17, Bucklersbury, London. J. De Bas, Esq., 1 he Hague. BROKER. James Shepherd, Esq , Auction Mart, Bank. BANKERS. Alliance Bank (Limited), Lothbut7. P. J. Landry, Esq., The Hague. r e Geyt Dani e ll , Es AUDITORS. , 2, Royal Exchanze.bulldlns. l iiessrs. Cooper Brother q. s and Co,, Public Accounta g nts, 13, George-street, Mansion House. SECRETARY. Mr. G. P. Smith. Offices -10, Cannon-street, E.C. This Company is formed for the purpose of carrying out concessions for maki ng and working Tramways in the King dom of Holland and adjacent states. A concession tor a Cuble Tramway from the Hague to Scheveningue (the Brighton of Holland) has already been obtained on favour able terms, and a contract has been co•cluded with respon sible English contractors, by which they undertake to pur chase the land, to make the Wes, and provide all the rolling stock, horses, &c., for the sum of £lO,OOO. The remaining £lO,OOO will be required for a working The works are in active progress, and will be completed and brought into operation in thecourse of the month of Hay next. The line will ominence in the principal square in the town Of the Hague, and follow the ordinary route to Scheveningue returning by another route, via the Canal and Zoological Garden., to the same station, being a total length of about seven English miles. Scheveningue, the only marine suburb in Holland, is re sorted oby large numbers of visitors, chiefly from Amster dam, Rottere am, 'Utrecht, and other towns. From minute infor ma ti on f urn i shed by the town authori ties, the number of vehicles employed in this tiaffie has been ascertained to make 110 000 journeys a year, each conveyi g on en average six persons, and the total number of visitors now entering Scheveningue in carriages and on foot amounts to about 4, 00,0 0 a year; of these it may fairly be estimated that one-fourth will travel by the Tramway. In addition thereto, about 20,000 ions of fish, me r ch an di se, an d prov i s i ons are carried annually between the Hague and Scheveningue, 0' which it is assumed that one-halt at least will be carried by the Tramway. From existin.:. sources of traffic an annual Income of at least £20,000 may safely be calculated upon. From carefully prepared estimates of the cost o f h orse keep, wa 'es, repairs, and every contingency, the general re sult hi,that a net dividend ut not less than 15 per cent. on the proposed capital may fairly be relied upon. A large number of shares has already b en subscribed for in Holland, which furnishes a proof of the high e4imation in which thi s undertak , og is heA by the Dut:th people. Ap plications for the remaining shares may be made to the Brokers, or to The Secretary, at the Offices,lo, Cannon-street, but no application will be considered unless accompanied by a deposit of .£1 per share; should no allotment be made to thq a plicant, this sum will be returned in fulL March, 1864. THE DUTCH TRAMWAY COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that no farther appl Von for Shares in the above Company will be received after lIICIRSDAY NEXT, March, ')lth inst. Elf order. Of fices, 18, Cannon-street, EX.,G. F. SMITH, Secretary, March 19, ISO. THE ISLE of MAN RAILWAY COMPANY (Limted DOGLAS PEEL. Capital X100,000, i in 10.0 000 IT shares of to £lO each, with usual borrowing powers. Deposit £1 per share on application, further payment on allotment £1 10a. per share. Samuel Gib Fon Gett DIRECTORS. y E;ci P., Belfast. Wi lliam M'Cormick, , ks.ci IsT. MX" Londonderry, and Regent's. park, London. Richard A. Mould, Esq., Merchant, Liverpool. T. Harrison Ridley, E sq ., M erc h ant. Li verpoo l . Joseph Rigby, Esq., Kew, Surrey. With power to add to their number. IuNKRUS. The North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool. Messrs. Dumbell, Sor, and Howard, Douglas. GIN EER. G. W. Hemans, Esq., C. EN E., 13, Queen-square,Westminster. SOLICITORS. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell, Brown's.build ingg. Liver7onl, 84 lnuel Harris, Esq., Douglas. AUDITOR. Thoma s W. Read, Esq., 30, Castle-street, Liverpool. . . SECRETARY. Thomas Bagot, Esq , 5, James-street, Liverpool. P • BROKERS. Drinkw a t er , E sq , 32, Exchange. st. East, Liveool. C harles St an l ey, Esq., 3, Throgmorton• street, London. rp Edward Ashworth, Esq., Exchange-chambers, Manchester. M. J. Beverley, Esq., Leeds. This Company has been formed for the construction of a Railway from Douglas to Peel (passing through St. John's), ill the Isle of Man. The improved trade of these important towns, as well as the prosperous condition and increasing Population of the island, and the rapid augmentation of the number of visitors during late years, call for the immediate in troduction of railways. The Agricaltural capabilities of the Island are great ; and its Mineral products are acknowledged to be rich in yield and avave average value ; whilst around the Coast there are extensive Fisheries, and an unlimited supply of Sea weed for Manure. The expense and trouble, however, of la nd - carriage, have hitherto rendered these advantages cora- Paratively unavailable. Slate Quarries are in active operation; and the quality of the Slate is equal in closeness of grain and durability to any produced from the great Welsh quarries. The Granite tear St. John's compares favourably with that now used in the Liverpool Dock Works, and would at once, by means of railway facilities, become available for export. One of the proposed Stations on the line will be at St. John's, where the Courts of Tynwald meet, and which is also the centre of the Foxdale mining district. The produce of these mines is now brcught by land-carriage (there being no water communication) to Douglas, a distance of nearly ten miles, whilst Coals and other important materials, as well as all necessaries required by the inland population, are conveyed into the interior by the same mode. Besides these items of traffic, the Fairs, which are frequently held during the year in this district, must add considerably to the annual revenue of the Company. The principal towns are Douglas, Peel, Castlet own , Ramsey, a n d L axey : Douglas being the chief port, and the great commercial depot, as well as the principal place of arrival and departure of the steam packets plying to and from the Island. At the port of Peel the fisheries are prin cipally conducted, employing upwards of 1,000 vessels; the place of destination for the produce is Douglas ; the route is tedious, and the transit by the existing means ex penei ve.• The access to the Island is easy, and the means of com munication with. Liverpool, Fleetwood, Whitehaven, Silloth, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, and other ports, both by sailing and steam vessels, are frequent and convenient. Hence, Tourists visit the Island in large numbers, above 100,000 passenger s h av i ng b een l an d e d at i ts Ports during the past year. Such "Visitors, attracted by the antiquarian relics, scenery, and other objects of interest, would, as a matter of course, go by the proposed Railway from Douglas to the interior, and across the Island to Peel. The highest medical authorities bear testimony to the ardubrity of the climate and purity of the water. The is united with the more solid advantage of cheap living. promssions being abundant and comparatively inex pensive, whilst the rates of duties on foreign produce are eo small as to render the Island most advantageous as a per manent place of residenee. Her Majesty's Government and the Local Authorities are now expending upwards of £60,000, for the improvement of the Ports of Douglas and Peel. The Electric Telegraph to England has been recently established. The Lines of Rail will be single, with requisite sidings. The length of Line will be about twelve miles, and the Kradients easy throughout. The landowners and popula tion along it are most favourable to the project. Prom Statistics recently collected on the spot, with much care, by competent persons, and well supported by Official Return s , it is confid ent l y expected that the Traffic wi:l re tuna a good Dividend upon the Invested Capital. The fol lowing is an E st i mate of the Traffic : assengers, inclusive of Tourists £7,500 per annum. Parce Goods Minerals, Fish, ecc ... 6,500 fs and Mails Working E x p enses at even 50 per Cent L 13,160 . 6,500 Leavin g for Dividend ................ £6,650 Plans, Sections, &c., of the Line are completed, and all necessary forms are being complied with, in accordance with the St.. nding Orders of the Court of Tynwald to obtain an Act of the Local Parliament. Neither Imperial or Local Taxes are levied in the Island, and those heavy charges which tend so much to reduce the value of Railway property in England and other countries, to less than to diminish the Shareholders' Dividends, can - Lion any d egree w h atever , preva il w i th respect to this Att and Contractor's firm have agr ee d t o purchase i .nGe tirniland. make th e R a il way , prov id e an d fi t up all Stations, U sh Rolling Stock for working the Line, a n d T e l egraphs, pon, satisfactory terms. Interest at 5 per cent, per Annum 11 be allowed, until the opening of the Line, on the amount paid upon shares. An advantageous arrangement can be made with respon sible parties to Lease the Line for 7. 14, or 21 years. th or tr eul of Application for Shares may be obtained f rom e Sec rtarn Solicitors, or Brokers of the Company. THE ISLE OF MAN RAILWAY COMPANY (Limited\ OTIcE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that THURSDAY next, `; 2,th Ilireh instant, is the LAS 1! DAY upon. Which ALPPLICATIONS tor SHARES may be made. By or der o f the Board. 4 4114 5, 13 /9Pf Uaral 17, Is6l, N°. 22.383. c'ERSONS SEEKING LANDED , SATES TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, REE HOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPERTIES GENERALLY— To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No ; 67, Chancery-l ane , L on d on , Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "1 , REV. PROPERTY riEGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the Cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register Words, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancny-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, Where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. TIIERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur cnaser is introduced throng:li Messrs. Lumley's Agency, sal then onlythe usual moderate commission. Auction and Laud Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. QTEANI from LONDON to NEW YORK. 1.7 The British and American Steam Navigation Company (Limited) will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned Splendid Fast Screw Steamers TWICE EACH MONTH for New York:— _ _ _ Tons. Horse Power. LONDON 2,500 ..... SCO Capt. GLOVER. WESTMINSTER 2,500 ..... 500 ..... Capt. Coucii. DUBLIN 2 5OO . . . 500 NEW YORK 2,500 ..... 500 ..... I apt. HARRIS. These magnificent vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean going steamer, and have accommodation for passengers re plete witn every comfort. The Line will commence at an early date ; the exact day to be fixed in a latter announce ment. To load in the Victoria Docks. Foi freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and 70, Cornhill. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq.,M.P. Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. James Goodson, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. "ohn G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. William Steven, Esq. Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. 'ORS. AIJD Lewis Loyd. Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. Noel Whiting, Esq. Thos. Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE Puovisforrs or AN '.CT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In urers EIGHTY PER CENT. Of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. - - - - - Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the 'mount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in ash value £860,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing . Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Lite Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, ndependent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon every description of property at home and abroad at mode rate rates. No expense is incurred in effecting . a new Insurance be yond the paymant of the Annual Premium and Duty, when the Premium amounts to Is. Claims liberally and promptly settled. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE Policies which expire at Lady Day must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's— street, corner of Pall-Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. Application for Prospectuses and Agencies to be made to the Secretary. T HE NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL BUST. By FELIX M. M ELL ER, Professor of Sculpture, Govern ment School of Art, published under the special sanction of the National Shakespeare and Stratford-on-Avon Tercente nary Committees, by HOWELL, JAMES, and CO. Copies will be issued, in the order of registration, to sub scribers only, and are executed in— Wedgwood Ceramic Statuary, 12 in. high, price One Guinea. French Terra Cotta 15 ~ ~ One Guinea. Bronze 8 ~ /1 Three Guineas Subscribers' names received by the agents in Lo don and chief provincial towns (where copies of the Bust may be seen), or by the publishers, HOWELL, JAMES, and Co., Goldsmiths, Arc., By appointment to the Queen and Prince and Princess of Wales, 5,7, and 9, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. Photographs and prospectuses forwarded post free on ap plication. THE VINTAGE WINE COMPANY Supply the Public, at a small advance on wholesale prices, with every description of Wines and Spirits. Terms, Cash. THE VINTAGE COMIDA SHERRY .. at 18s. per doz. THE VINTAGE CHAMPAGNE.. ...... „ 275. „ VIE VINTAGE CLARET , I „ - - THE VINTAGE PORT from 20s. „ Medical and Cleric tl Testimonials, together with the Illus trated Vintage Almanac, containing full detailed Price List, post free on application. Fzur Dozen Wine sent Carriage Free. 14, Bloomsbury-street, 4 d ;ors south of New Oxford-street. QOI-10 ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL BUSINWSS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having: Business and Houses to be dispose I of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho W. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Thcir world-wide celebrity proves them .of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at ts. lid. snd 2s. ;or free by post for 11 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-uffir:e Orders payable at Camber well-park. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine tores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. THE EMBARRASSED in Town and Country should read "THE PLAIN GUIDE TO BANK RUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS," showing what can be legally done, and the exact cost. To be htd gratis and post free of Mr. Wetherfield, Solicitor of the Court, 25, Moorgatc street, Bank. N. B. —Debts recovered on commission, without law ex pences to clients. BENSON'S WATCHES, adapted for any climate and country: wholesale and retail. Chronometer, duplex, lever, horizontal, vertical, repeting, centre seconds, keyless, astronomical, reversible, and chronograph watches, from 200 to three guineas each. An illustrated pamphlet and price list of every description of watch post free for two stamps. - • • - - - . - J. W. BENSON, by special warrant of appointment watch and clock maker to the Prim of Wales. Manufac tory, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, E.C. PRIZE MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER t CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., StO., To the Queen and the Pf ince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1802, testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Flatted Wicks, patented.. Is. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. 18. sd. per lb. Second quality 3d. per lb. Third quality .. Is. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.. 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so 'Liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations tree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, IV ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. K.AYE'S WORSDELL'S MM.—These Pills are a purely ve , retable preparation, and may be taken ,tt any time by either sex without fear or dancer. They act upon the bowels mildly yet effectually, and by their fine tonic, aromatic, and aperient properties, they remo, e ail oppressive accumulations, regulate the secretions o f th e liv er a nd bowels, strengthen the stumach, and purify the blood. Unlike many remedies, they do not indu^e liability to take cold or esta blish a necessity for the habituil use of purgatives, and are thus stroncly recommended as the BEST FAMILY MEDICINE. Prepared solely by John Kaye, Esq.. of Prospect Hall, Woodford, Essex. Sold by all chemists and other dealers in patent medicines, at Is lid, 2s 9d, and 4s 6d. Wholesale Depot, 22, Bread-street, London. AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN _ILA EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad witted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King - William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all drugg., , ists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 23. 9d. each. 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MORTGAGE BONDS.— STRAND MUSIC HALL COMPANY (Limited) BONDS of £5O each, are now ready for issue, constituting a First Charge upon the Property of the Company, repayable in Three Years, and bearing Interest at £lO per Cent. per Annum, payable halt-yearly. Apply at the Offices of the Company, 345, Strand, W.C. or to Mr. G. T. Taylor, Stoca and Share Broker, 11, Token house-yard, E.C. By Order of the Board, FREDERIC LAWRANCE, Secy. STRAND MUSIq HALL . COMPANY ited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That NO APPLICA- T fONS for the MORTGAGE BONDS will be entertained after WI DNESDA.Y next, the 23d inst., for London, and THURSDAY, the 24th inst., for the country. By order of the Board. FREDERICK LAWRANCE, Secretary. S"ICSPERE SCHOOL OF THE ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN and his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES. The Council of the Royal Dramatic College, considering that the present is a favourable opportunity for promoting one of the main purposes of the Institution they hav e founded, beg to invite public support in aid of the E REC lON and ENDOWMENT of a SHAKSPERE SCHOOL for the classical and general education, with scholarships, of the Children of Actors or Actresses and Dramatic Authors—the noblest and most fitting Monument to the memory of the Player and Poet. The Council of the Royal Dramatic College beg to apprize the public, that all Subscriptions intended for the en dow • ment of the Snakspere School should be paid only to the Master, New Theatre Royal Adelphi ; or to Messrs. Coutte, Bankers, Strand, London. A Public Meeting will shortly be held in the Royal Adelphi Theatre to advance this object, of which due notice will be given. 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Where may be seen the Asters; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, &c. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only). INDIA. By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have received advices from Bombay to Feb. 29, and from Calcutta to Feb. 20. Sir John Lawrence has beemsuffering from indis position. His Excellency has placed himself under the treatment of Dr. Tonnerre, a homoeopathist. His Excellency gave his first public ball on the 15th of February, to which no natives of India were invited. This exclusion had given great offence to the native community. The Bombay Gazette thus refers to this occurrence : One of the earliest acts of Sir John Lawrence as Viceroy and Governor-General has been to put a stop to the one sided social intercourse which has hitherto existed in India between Europeans and natives, by omitting to invite any native gentlemen to the first ball given him in Calcutta. It appears that the leaders of the native community at Cal cutta lately offered a direct insult to the Lieutenant-Gover nor of Bengal by sending prostitutes to the Agricultural Exhibition on a day set apart for the reception of native ladies there by the most distinguished Englishwomen of the presidency. This alone was enough to provoke the indig nation of even the most tolerant of Englishmen; but, with out this, one who knows so much of India and Indian ways of thinking as Sir John Lawrence is of course cognisant of the opinions which the people of this as of all other Orien tal countries have on the subject of dancing, and must therefore have been glad of the opportunity of letting all India understand that henceforth natives who, in spite of their loud professions of faith in the excellence of western ideas about society, are ashamed to bring their own wives and daughters to public assemblies, will be kept at a distance instead of being courted by the English community. His Excellency Sir Hugh Rose is stated to have tendered his resignation, and it is added that his resignation has been accepted, Other statements, consequent on this, are made; that Sir Robert Napier, K.C.8., is to succeed to the Command-in- Chief of the Indian army; and that his seat in the Imperial Council will be fill e d b y Colone l Elli o t. Sir Hugh Rose has issued an or d er prov idi ng that in future the hospitals of European soldiers shall be attended by European nurses instead of native ayahs. The nurses are to be chosen from among the sol diers' wives of good character in each regiment, who while finding useful occupations for themselves, will be able to do much towards alleviating the unhappy lot of the invalid European soldiers. The Akhood of Swat has directed all his people to arm, as he fears an attack from us in the spring. The Bengal Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolution in favour of a subsidiary go ld currency for India. The following are the terms in which it worded : That this meeting is of opinion that the introduction of gold, as an auxiliary currency, into India would prove very beneficial, and that the committee be instructed to address the government of India on the subject, and pray for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the best mode of introducing such an auxiliary currency. onvgernto this meeting, ment merely to saysTh : e_E :i g ,o lis p h: o n p a o n e , e in to r g e e f t e r G r i introduce gold as an auxiliary currency to silver is weak enough, but it is a very doubtful question whether the introduction of gold as a le ga l t en d er will be of any material advantage. Thi s quest i on was not discussed. The still more import an t quest i on of a paper c urren cy was not even a ll u d ed to? Gen. Sir Neville Chamberlain has been compelled, by the state of his health, to leave India for a time. The cotton crop of Western India will, it is feared, be s h or t this year. Much more t h an the ordinary ex t en t o f g round has been t a k en i nto cul tivation, but th e yield per acre will, i t i s thought, be small, th e cro ps in Guzerat esp ec i a ll y having been blighted by the severe frost of an unusually cold winter, or spoiled by unseasonable rains. The northeastern branch of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway is blocked up, its single line and small rolling stock being unequal to the conveyance of the largely increased cotton traffic. The Bhore Ghaut Railway was to be opened for regular pas senger traffic on the 3d of March. Mr. Maine has introduced in the Viceroy's Legis lative Council a bill providing that no Indian labourer shall emigrate without the approval of the magistrate of his district. An important decision has been given in the Small Cause Court of Bombay, recognising the exemption of native princes from liability to the jurisdiction of British courts, even when they are residing in Bri tish territory. A turf club of Western India has been formed in Bfirilbay. We read in the Times of India : The resources of India are gradually being developed. A vein of coal or lignite (we have not heard whether it burns with bitunzinows or euipyreuraatic odour), said to be inex haustible, has been opened in tha Punjaub. However, it has been tried by the Punjaub Railway Company for its locomotives, the chief engineerpronouncing most favourably on it. The discovery has caused considerable interest in the Punjaub ; for if it prove to be, as it is described, of a quality equal if not superior to that found in Bengal, it will secure the profitable working of an extension of the railway in the Punjaub. The discovery of this vein has been made at Pind Dadun Khan, about 150 miles northward from Lahore, on the banks of the Jhelum, a little to the west of the ordinary road to Peshawur, and contiguous to Mr, An drews' prrjected line between Lahore and Peshawur. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Bombay Gazette of Feb. 27.) Notwithstanding the large arrivals of specie the money market here is again becoming tight, and exchange has in consequence advanced, closing at 2a. lid. for Bank, and 2s. 12d. for first-class credit bills. No change has taken place in the Bank rate since our last report. The share market has been dull, and prices of most descriptions of stock have declined within the past week. The import and export markets have been very dull, and prices are lower. Operators are anxiously awaiting the further development in continental politics, dreading the effect of an European war. The up-country demand for goods has not set in as was ex pected, although stocks are know n to be very light in the interior. The dearness and scarcity of food is telling very severely on the demand and must be taken into considera tion as being likely seriously to influence the course of the market. A large breadth of the land that was formerly sown in bread stuffs is now devoted to the cultivation of cotton, and the districts which before the high prices of cotton were not only self-feeding but enabled to export a considerable surplus, are now importing in great quantity, and as a consequence the price of all kinds of grain has ad vanced enormously. With the liberal supply of goods on hand we cannot look for much improvement until the up country demand does set in. The markets of Calcutta and Madras are reported as dull as our own, but it is probable that some improvement will speedily take place in Calcutta, when the demand for the North West commences, AMERICA. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) (Per the Asia.) NEW YORK, March 9. There is no news of importance from the Army of the Potomac. A reconnaissance on the sth to Ely's Ford discovered very few rebels north of the Ripidan. Rumours of General Meade's removal from command are again cut rent at Washington. General Kilpatrick's cavalry expedition reached Williamsburg, after having sustained a loss, vari ously estimated at from 150 to 500 men. General Kilpatrick destroyed a large portion of the Vir ginia Central, and Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroads, and several flour mills on the James river. Skirmishing occurred at various points on the roads, and on the Ist of March Kilpatrick passed the outer line of the Richmond defences, and reached a point only three miles from the city. The rebels were found to be fully prepared for defence, and some heavy artillery fighting ensued. Colonel Dahlgren, with 500 men, after destroying the rail road at Goochland, was led into an ambush by a negro guide, who was hung for his treachery on the spot. Col. Dahlgren, who was a son of Commodore Dahlgren, was killed, and his command suffered severely, but finally cut its way back to the main body. It was generally expected that this expedi tion would succeed in releasing the Union prisoners in Richmond, and in making important captures. Its failure is attributed to the early discovery of the movement by the rebels, who ,were consequently enabled to organise too formidable a resistance. The Richmond Sentinel, of March 5, says that papers found on the body of Col. Dahlgren, and other evidences, prove that the intention of the Federals was to give Richmond over to the soldiers to sack, after which it was to be burned, and that for this purpose a force was detailed and provided with oakum and turpentine. A column of troops to co-operate with Kilpatrick was expected to be sent up:the peninsula by General:Batler ; but that force had not appeared. Advices from Knoxville to tho sth state that Longatreet was at Greenfield, and that a portion of his force held Ball's Gap, 54 miles from Knoxville. Very few of his troops are thought to have gone to Georgia. The Federal advance was at Morristown, 42 miles from Knoxville. General Schofield is in aornmand. Longstreet's movements are still con sidered mysterious, and it is not known why he re treated from his strong position at Strawberry Plains. A dispatch from Chattanooga states that the re bels are passing the Federal lines, The Federal advance has been withdrawn from Tunnel Hill to Ringgold. A tremendous rise in the Tennessee River had swept away the pontoon bridge at Chat tanooga. Nothing official from General Sherman is known to have been received yet, but several reports re present that his army had retreated to Vicksburg, bringing in a great number of negroes and live stock captured on the march. Deserters state that as soon as Snerman's advance upon Minden was known, a large force was sent from Atlanta to Montgomery, and 10,000 negroes were set to work upon the defences of Montgomery. General Withers, recently assigned by General Polk to the command of Southern Alabama, was superintending the work upon these fortifications, which wore of a very formidable character. Confederate accounts state that General Sher man's army was at Canton, Mississippi, on the 28th ult., in full retreat upon Vicksburg, with the rebel cavalry harassing its rear and flank with decided effect. It was rumoured in New Orleans on the 29th February that General Sherman had been totally defeated at Chunkey River, not far from Meridan, and his army broken up, having sustained a loss of 15,000 men. General Polk had been very heavily reinforced by Generals Breckinridge and Celiburn, and had overwhelmed him. On the 27th of Feb ruary the rebels had possession of Sherman's line of communication with Vicksburg, and had a heavy ca valry force pressing the rear of his army. This rumour is not credited, although the absence of any reliable intelligence from Sherman's command for so long a time gives great reason for apprehension that he has sustained a reverse. Federal scouts bring in intelligence that the gar rison of Mobile is only 8,000 strong, but that the city can make a desperate resistance in conse quence of its elaborate and formidable defen sive works, which comprise powerful fortifications in the rear, and a network of cables and torpedoes in the harbour. They have also four iron-olads ready for action. Reinforcements have been sent from Hilton Head to Florida, and it is believed that the Federals can hold their position at Jacksonville against any force the rebels can bring against them. The rebels under General Finnegan were between Ten Miles Run and Baldwin. They admit their lose at the battle of Olusta to have been severe. Richmond papers announce more fighting in Florida, and state that General Finnegan had driven the Federals to within three miles of Jacksonville. The Hilton Head correspondent of the New York World writes that the Federal loss at the battle of Olusta will nearly reach fifteen hundred, over 400 killed and wounded falling into the hands of the rebels; and that the Florida expedition was under taken under direct orders from Washington, and that its object was a political one. It was rumoured in New Orleans that the com• biped rebel forces of Generals Magruder, Kirby Smith, and Dick Taylor, 20,000 strong, were ad vancing over the plains of Western Louisiana against New Orleans. Also, that the Federals had evacuated Brashear city, and were concentrating to oppose the rebel advance. Advices from North Carolina state that the rebel ironclads in the Neuse, Roanoke, and Tar rivers, were ready for service, and it was expected that, conjointly with a heavy land force, they would simultaneously attack Newbern, Plymouth, and Washington. General Peek was making vigorous preparations for their reception. The -Raleigh PRICE ...... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. Standard is reported to have been suppreEsed by the Richmond authority. The Richmond Sentinel contains the following :- " CHARLESTON, March 4. "One hundred and twenty-eight shells were fired at the city yesterday, and one hundred end eight to-day. One white woman was severely wounded this morning. This is the only casualty from twelve hundred and fifty shells fired during the last fort night. The monitors fired a few shells at Sumter to-day." Admiral Dahlgren is in Washington, and rumour indicate his removal from the command of the fleet off Charleston. A party of thirty rebels captured the steam trans port Titan, loaded with commissary stores, and a tug boat, in the Chesapeake, on the evening of March 5. The Titan was taken up the Rappa hannock. An attempt to recapture her is to be made. Gen. Grant has arrived in Washington to confer with the Government authorities. His plan of operations will, it is said, have to be entirely changed, in consequence of the failure to dislodge the rebels at Dalton, and the failure of Generals Sherman's and Smith's expeditions. The rank of Lieut.-General recently conferred upon Grant gives him command, under:the Presi dent, of all the armies of the United States, but does not interfere with the position of General Halleek, who remains a General Military Adviser. In the Senate, Mr. Foot, of Vermont, presented a petition praying for the passage of a law confis cating rebel lands, and distributing them among the freedmen. Referred to committee on slavery. In the House, Mr. Cox, of Ohio, offered a re solution, which was laid over, calling for copies of all correspondence in relation to the exchange of prisoners. The approaching Presidential contest has not yet assumed any definite form, but the papers through out the country are vigorously advocating their respective favourites. Lincoln's, Chase's, and Fre mont's friends are active, and the indications are that each of them will get regular nominations. The German papers in the West are warm in their support of General Fremont ; and he appears also to divide with Mr. Chase the favour of the radi cal or abolition branch of Republicans. The New York Herald still supports General Grant for the Presidency; but it is said that the General is not ambitious of the office. That the Democratic party will unite upon Gen. Grant or Gen. M'Clellan seems quite apparent. The report of the latter, recently published, is doing good service as a poli tical campaign document, and has greatly increased his popularity. The gold diggings in Colorado and Idaho terri tories are proving to be very rich, and bid fair to outrival California. In both territories an immense amount of gold has accumulated in the hands of miners and others, but the insecurity of communi cation with the States prevents its shipment. A great deal is however sent via Salt Lake City to California. It is reported that Gen. Win. Preston, of the rebel army, formerly U. S. Minister to Spain, has gone to represent the Confederate Government at the Court of Maximilian in Mexico, and that he expects to algotiate a very favourable treaty with that Government. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The money market continues easy ; capital is being freely invested at 5 to 6 per cent. The share market is excited and irregular. Railroad bonds have advanced 1 to 2 per cent. The following are the transactions at the Stock Board —New York Central, 1371 ; Erie, 118 8 ; Hudson River, 1521; Harlem, 144; Reading, 14111; Illinois Central Scrip, 1371 ; Michigan Central, 145 ; Michigan Southern, 103; Cleveland and Pitts burg, 120 ; Galena and Chicago, 1191; Chicago and Rock Island, 1241; Pittsburg, Fort Wagner, and Chicago, 126 ; Pacific Mail, 235. Government Securities are firm; Registered Sixes of 1881, 113 ; do. Coupons, 1131 ; Seven Thirties, 1121 ; One Year Currency Certificates, 991. Gold opened at 1621, and rose rapidly to 1651, closing at that rate. Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. VALETTA, March 17.—8 y the arrival of her Majesty's screw corvette Icarus, 11, Acting-Commander Lieut. Boger, on Sunday last, news has been received from Corfu to the ,Bth inst. The Icarus left Malta, Feb. 26, with the British Vice-Consul at Benghazi on board, and after landing him there on the 29th, and being detained a few hours to enable the surgeon, Dr M'Donald, to amputate the leg of a French seaman, who had no other way of getting the operation performed, she left the same day direct for Corfu, where she arrived on the 6th inst. After a stay of two days she left again for Cephalonia, and embarked at Agostoli on the 9th a large quantity of ordnance stores, including 21 guns of various sizes, which ehe brought drown with her to Malta. She experienced very fine weather throughout the different passages, which were performed under steam and sail ac cording to eircumstances. The Royal Oak, 35, Captain F. Campbell, arrived at Corfu from Malta on the Bth inst., and the Gibraltar, 81, Capt. J. C. Prevost, arrived a few hours afterwards from the Piraeus. The Resistance, 18, Captain Chamberlain, has relieved the Gibraltar at Athens. The Magicienne, 16, Capt. W. Armytage, had also arrived at Corfu from Malta for the purpose of embarking stores, and was to call at Ithaca to remove guns from that island. The Cossack, 20, Captain W. R. Rolland, had arrived at Corfu from Zante, and was to return thither for stores. The other vessels at Corfu were the Orlando, 46, Captain G. G. Ran dolph, and the Growler, gunboat, under the command of Lieut. Dent, who had replaced Lieut. Boyd. There were also several hired transports shipping stores, and an Italian frigate. Her Majesty's screw atoreship Fox, Master- Commander T. C. Pullen, which arrived on the 7th inst., from Pembroke, left Malta on the 9th for Corfu. The Meeanee, 60, Captain G. Wodehouse, arrived last week from Corfu with a large quantity of stores, and left yesterday on return to take in a fresh load. Other ves sels have already proceeded to England with unserviceable stores and guns. The dissatisfaction of the islanders at the destruction of the forts is expressed in various ways, and was unmistakably exhibited on the departure of the 6th Regi ment. Her Majesty's paddlewheel despatch vessel Caradoc, 2, Lieut.-Commander Wilkinson, arrived on Tuesday from Constantinople in four days. She is to undergo repairs here, and return to Constantinople in three or four weeks. The Austrian steam gunboat Wall, Commander M. Monfort, arrived on Monday from Corfu, and after replenishing coal and provisions, left for the westward, It is reported that she will join the Austrian squadron that lately called here on its way to Gibraltar. Her Majesty's screw corvette Cos sack, 20, Capt. W. 8.. Rolland, returned from Corfu yester day afternoon, having in tow the lonian brig St. Demitri, laden with 250 tons of powder. The Cossack left Corfu on the 14th, when there were there the Royal Oak, the Gib raltar, the Orlando, the storeahip Fox, the Growler gun boat, and an Austrian frigate, the Radetzky, The Italian frigate (training ship) sailed on the 13th for a cruise. The destruction of the fortifications of Vido and Fort Abraham was actively going on. On the 9th the expected explosion of 4,8001 b. of powder at Fort Abraham took place, and on the 11th there were other explosions of a smaller nature at this fort. On this day, at 4 p.m., the largest explosion (6,6001 b, or three tons) took place at Vido. All the operations hav e been attended with the fullest success, with most favourable weather. The citadel of Corfu is to be allowed to remain. A portion of the interior works of Fort Neuf has been de stroyed, but the exterior wall is to be left. The Gibraltar is daily expected with powder, and the Royal Oak is to follow shortly with stores. The Cossack will proceed to morrow to Zante to load the hired transport Thornhill with ordnance stores for England. The Thornhill is here, and will leave on Moaday for Zante. It was reported and believed that when clear of the island of Corfu the crew of the powder brig St. Demitri intended to blow up the vessel, which was heavily insured, and to prevent this the Cossack was ordered to tow her 6 Malta. The Icarus left yesterday on return to Carfu, and the Wanderer, 4, Commander M. C. Seymour, left this morning for the Finns. The only ships of war now in port are the Marlborough, 121, flag of Vice- Admiral R. Smart, ; the Hibernia, receiving ship, flag of Rear-Admiral H. T. Austin, C. 8 .; the Cossack, 20 ; and the despatch boats Psyche and Caradoc; and the Dutch frigate Prince Mauritz, of the Netherlands. Lieut.-Col. Johnson and Lieut. Empsen, R A., arrived on Tuesday from Marseilles, and Lieut. E. D. C. O'Brien arrived this morning from Marseilles and Italy. Chas. R. Slythe, the Italian Consul, left on Tuesday for Turin, on leave of ab sence. Very satisfactory intelligence has been received of the Malta and Alexandria electric telegraph. Both the broken ends have been picked up, and telegraphic coranau- /~ /f (IV S PAT E It r., A 4 .14 k-ft ‘C -77 1 7 Srund pollee! as well )2116* the weather continues fine at wyl .pectation of hearing of the ends Ev //f v , i_ 4 s ifi y . ) nication has bel Alexandria. As ' tove are in hourly ~oglten united, and communication restored throughout the line. The contract for the manufacture of the rolled armour plates for the after body of the Lord Warden, ironcased frigate, building at Chatham, has been taken by the firm of Messrs. John Brown and Co., Atlas Works, Sheffield, at .£39 per ton. Nearly the whole of the 6 inch armour plates for the Bellerophon, also building at Chatham, are to be manufactured by Messrs. Chaney and Co., at the Millwall Ironworks, and a considerable portion of the plates required have already been sent into the dockyard by that firm. Under the new regulati ins adopted by the Admiralty, the discharge of the hired mechanics and labourers at Chatham Dockyard, at the end of the financial year, is to be only nominal, and they are to be re-entered immediately. Commodore Dunlop, C. 8., superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, accompanied by Mr. Ponsonby, the naval secre tary of the yard, yesterday went on board her Majesty's ship Ranger, Commander W. E. Gordon, at the powder buoy off the Royal Arsensal, and mustered and inspected the crew. After the inspection the Ranger left the buoy for Greenhithe, where she will swing for the adjustment of her cothiasses for sea. Her destination is the Wet Coast of Africa, to aid in suppressing the tr,iMc in slaves. Mr, Reed's ironcased experimental sloop Enterprise, in dock at Woolwich, is ordered to be undccked on Thursday next. Commander Rowley, appointed to the command on the 10th of December, 1863, will on Saturday formally com mission the Enterprise, and ho . st his pennant on board. The two 70-pounder naval guns and four 12 -pounder breach-loaders manufactured by Mr. Whitworth, and in tended for the competitive trials at Shoeburyness with a similar number of the Armstrong guns, were yesterday re ceived at Woolwich by Major Freeth, inspector of Artillery, and will be forwarded to Shoeburyness in readiness for the experiments ordered to commence on Saturday, the 2d proximo. Au enormous cylinder, weighing 30 tons 16cwt. lqr. 261 b , intended for her Majesty's iron ship Minotaur, in the Vic toria Docks, was yesterday received at Woolwich from Messrs. John Penn and Son, having been conveyed by a team of 30 horses. Orders were received yesterday at Portsmouth from the Admiralty to defer the embarcation of troops and naval supernumeraries for China on board the screw troopship Adventure, and to send the ship out to the Quarantine an chorage at the Motherbank to wait further orders. A case of smallpox having occurred on board is the cause of these measures having been taken. This disease is just now very rife in Portsmouth and its suburbs, as it is in many other parts. Flans have recently been submitted to the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty by Capt. C. S. Dawson, Royal Fusiliers, doing duty with the Royal Engineers on the na tional defences, for carrying eight or twelve 300 pounder guns (rifled) on the main deck of a ship as ordinary broad side guns, without in any way interfering with the vessel's masts, funnel casings, or the general arrangements of the decks. The plan for carrying eight guns shows five turn table on a line with the ship's keel, and fire auxiliary or radial turntables on either broadside with two radial turn tables at the bow and stern. Three of the central turn tables are to carry two guns each. The bow and stern tables carry one each. Each gun will serve four ports, as occa sion may require. On the double turntable the guns are placed muzzle to breach, and by a half turn of the taole are run on to their auxiliary tables in front of their respec tive ports, and trained by two men to any angle by the most simple mechanical means. The plan for carrying 12 guns is very similar to the former, the principle being the same, but the arrangement of the guns is different. There are in this case four central turntables on a line with the ship's keel, and .12 side tables at the ports. Three guns are carried on each of the central tables, and the whole arma ment of the ship is thus concentrated, when stowed as a sea going weight, within a space of 96ft. in the centre of the ship, and the extremities of the ship are thus materially lightened at sea. These arrangements admit of broadsides being fired, when the guns are brought into action, of 1,5001 b. in the first instance and I,Boolb. in the second, while both sides of the ship are in a state of defence. The advantages claimed for this system of carrying and fighting guns at sea are :- 1. Concentrating the armament of the ship near the centre of gravity and insuring the chances of the ship's safety at sea. 2. 4 4 certain means of working the heaviest guns through the broadside ports of a ship's main deck. 3. Em ploying shorter, swifter, and more manageable ironclads thaß at present. 4. Firing a heavier broadside with a smaller crew than at present. 5. A means of giving ships a thicker armour on their sides than can be done with ships compelled as at present to carry their guns always on their broadsides. The following appointments and promotions were made yesterday at the Admiralty ;—Capt. C, A. Campbell to the Bombay, commissioned; John Stirling, M.D., to be Staff Surgeon in charge of the naval hospital at the Cape; James L. Hearne, midshipman, to the Gladiator; Dr. J. Wingate Johnson promoted to be Inspecter-General of Hospitals; Charles Morton and William Dickson Smyth, M.D., pro moted to be surgeons; Edward Eckersley and James T. Page, engineers, to the Euryalus, additional, for disposal William Chase, Ebenezer Bennet, John Pickles, Angus Wlntyre, John Brown (b), George F. Greaves, Samuel H. Trenhaw, John Lewthwaite, Robert Pattison, and William T. Povcr, assist.-engineers, to the Euryalus, additional, ler disposal; James Vercoe, engineer, to the Hastings, for the Sandfly ; George H. Losdale, acting engineer, to the Hastings, for the Lark ; Frederick Holden, assist.-engineer, to the Colossus ; and Thomas Pringle, assist.-engineer, to the Colossus, for the tenders. William Broadfoot has been appointed lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserva. / BED .ROOM CANDLES. "URICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop f:rease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles, sold In boxes 15. and 3s. elch, arc recommende I as the best carriers. " EXTRA. HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in box, s 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those who will not burn thin. " SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," in packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use where cheapness l`4 a great object, will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. S. ecial can/le ticks o fit thin candles. is. and 2s. 6d each; redwing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOIL ET SOAPS. She•wood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains erice's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, for tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. I SIIERWOODOLE " Pri;eVGlycerine" may be Cleans JoNes — a,;(l removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other steins. cansuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bat- Price's Patent," from 6d. I ties, 6d. and is. each. upwards. Impure G 1 cerine has been sold on the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail through any Grocer. wholesale by Price s Patent Caudle Company (Limited), London. THE ARMY. The following promotions and exchanges in the Royal Artillery, as about to take place, were yesterday announced at Woolwich :—Col. E. C. Warde, C 8., at present com manding the 61h Brigade at Portsmouth, to the command of Woolwich Garrison, in succession to Major-Gen. Sir Richard Dacres, K.C.8., whose term of service will expire at the close of next month ; Col. Eardley Wilmot, 7th Brigade, appointed to the 6th Brigade; Col. Buchanan, commanding the 13th Brigade at Woolwich, to command the Royal Artillery in Dublin, vice Col. Fitzmayer, C. 8., Bth Brigade, ordered to India; Col. Cockburn to succeed Col. Buchanan in commend of the 13th Brigade at Wool.. wich ; Col. d'Aguilar, C. 8., to the command of the Horse Brigade at Aldershott, to replace Col. the Hon. G. T. Devereux, ordered to Woolwich. Instructions were received yesterday at Portsmouth from headquarters to suspend all further operations upon the Sturbridge Shoal in the construction of the foundations for one of the three proposed marine " Spithead forts." This course has no doubt been adopted by the authorities owing to the insuperable difficulties which exist in finding any foundation of sufficient strength to carry a part of the weight requisite to carry ordnance of the " Big Will" class, which is supposed to be the smallest description of gun with which these ironcased granite works will be armed. Whatever cause, however, may have led to the aban donment of the work, it is understood to be intended now to erect a fort on the Warner Rock, where the three forts would then stand together in a triangular position at the very throat of the narrow entrance to Spithead from the sea . Since the Spithead forts have become an acknowledged ne cessity this is really the only position in which the three retained forts ought to be placed. It is the gateway to the only direct entrance to Spithead from the sea, and the bolts and bars fixed to secure it cannot well be too strong. Inside this gateway the enemy must be met and fought, if the bolts and bars are forced and he is still afloat, by our own ironclads. The Sturbridge shoal lies off the town of Ryde, and visitors to the island will remember the mass of staging which rose above the surface of the water at about a quarter of a mile's distance from Ryde pierhead, in the direct track of the steamboats between Hyde and Portsmouth, encircling a huge iron cylinder, which was being sunk down through the shingle forming the shoal, and surmounted by an odd looking combination of staging, cabin, and an embryo light • house. These form the now doomed works, which were erected for the construction of the foundations of the Stur. bridge fort. MURDER AT CAMBRIDGE.--0 11 Friday evening, at 6 o'clock, an old lady named Hunt died at Cam bridge from the effect of a murderous outrage perpetrated upon her on Sunday the 28th February last. The deceased and another aged lady, named Walker, both widows, lived together at Prospect Cottage, Cambridge, having some small income. On the Sunday evening named a man, wearing s mask, and armed with a bludgeon and a knife, entered the house, forcing his way into Mrs. Hunt's room, pushing the servant who was waiting upon her on one side, and then attacked the poor defenceless old lady with the knife, in flicting some serious wounds on her head and face, beside breaking her arm with the bludgeon. The servant girl screamed " Murder I" and made her escape from the house to give an alarm. Mrs. Walker, who was upstairs, hearing the cries, put her head out of the window and called for help, when the villain ran upstairs and struck her several violent blows on the back of the head, leaving her almost insensible. The fellow then made off; he threw off the mask, which he left behind, with his hat, cloak, and knife, in the house. Outside this house was found the bludgeon. Robbery seems to have been the sole motive of the cri me. On the following Tu es d ay morn i ng William Morley, a Wallis, a young m an , b y t ra d e a pl u mber, was arrested b y t the police. He h a d b een seen i n the neighbourhood, - and some of the articl es l e ft b e hi n d were traced to his posses sion. The prisoner had been on friendly terms with Mrs. Hunt, and only a few days before the outrage had been reading to her an accoun t of the highway robbery and mur der at ilitchin. A day or two before her death the depo sition of Mrs. Hunt was taken, and, in answer to questions put to her, she gave a tolerably clear account of the out rage. She was unable, however, to identify the prisoner as her assailant, nor could Mrs. Walker, whose deposition was also taken, speak to his identity. The inquest on the body of the deceased was opened on Saturday at Cambridge, and was adjourned.—Manchester Examiner. 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